Chris Patten

The diaries of the last British Governor, five weeks on the Sunday Times best-seller list. In June 1992, Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor. His mission was not to prepare it for independence, as with other British colonies over the decades, but to prepare it for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom...

The diaries of the last British Governor, published on the 25th anniversary of the handover. In June 1992, Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to try to prepare it not—as other British colonies over the decades—for independence, but for handing back in 1997 to the Chinese, from whom most of its territory had been leased...